Microscopic studies on Thermosipho globiformans implicate a role of the large periplasm of Thermotogales

Extremophiles

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 863-870

  Kuwabara, Tomohiko ^a   Igarashi, Kensuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Cell division; Deep sea thermophiles; Nanotubes; Toga

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC STRAIGHT, CURVED, AND HELICAL RODS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PERIPLASM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THERMOSIPHO; THERMOTOGALES;

EID: 84868374395     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-012-0481-9     Document Type: Article

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